The 2018 FIFA World Cup begins on June 14 in Moscow, when the hosts face Saudi Arabia at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. The final will be played in the same venue on July 15.

With a capacity of 81,000, Luzhniki, which reopened this year on the site of the 1980 Olympic stadium, is the largest of the tournament’s 12 venues. One other stadium is in Moscow, and the rest are spread out across the vast country.

The tournament involves 32 national teams, including current champions Germany and World Cup newcomers Iceland and Panama. Sadly, the U.S. failed to qualify.

This is the first World Cup to be held in Europe since Germany hosted in 2006, and the stakes are high for Russia to impress. The Kremlin is so eager to use the global sporting event to shake their unfriendly and brusque reputation that Russian public transport authorities are even teaching their workers how to smile in preparation for the impending hordes of global sports fans.

So what can fans expect from the arenas at this World Cup? We’ve collected details of all 12 stadiums, including pictures of exterior and interiors, as well as aerial or satellite images of each venue. We’ll even take you for a quick peek inside some of the locker rooms to set the scene of this year’s soccer mega-event.

The stands and the pitch of the Nizhny Novgorod Arena.Mladen Antonov/AFP

The Nizhny Novgorod Stadium from space, as captured by the Pleiades satellites, operated by Airbus Defense and Space. Pleiades/CNES 2018/Distribution Airbus DS/Reuters

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium facts and figures.Reuters

Exterior view of the Saint Petersburg Stadium, also known as Krestovsky Stadium, in the city of St.Petersburg. Capacity: 67,000. Opening match: Morocco vs Iran on Friday June 15, 2018. Mladen Antonov/AFP

The 2018 FIFA World Cup begins on June 14 in Moscow, when the hosts face Saudi Arabia at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. The final will be played in the same venue on July 15.

With a capacity of 81,000, Luzhniki, which reopened this year on the site of the 1980 Olympic stadium, is the largest of the tournament’s 12 venues. One other stadium is in Moscow, and the rest are spread out across the vast country.

The tournament involves 32 national teams, including current champions Germany and World Cup newcomers Iceland and Panama. Sadly, the U.S. failed to qualify.

This is the first World Cup to be held in Europe since Germany hosted in 2006, and the stakes are high for Russia to impress. The Kremlin is so eager to use the global sporting event to shake their unfriendly and brusque reputation that Russian public transport authorities are even teaching their workers how to smile in preparation for the impending hordes of global sports fans.

So what can fans expect from the arenas at this World Cup? We’ve collected details of all 12 stadiums, including pictures of exterior and interiors, as well as aerial or satellite images of each venue. We’ll even take you for a quick peek inside some of the locker rooms to set the scene of this year’s soccer mega-event.